It’s a Metropolitan Division battle on the ice between a team well out of the playoff picture and one fighting to earn their spot on the ice in The Peg. The Columbus Blue Jackets continue a road swing as they travel to face the Washington Capitals Tuesday night. Columbus was routed 7-2 on the road by Vegas in their previous contest Sunday afternoon. Washington was on the road in Minnesota Sunday and found themselves on the wrong end of a 5-3 score at the hands of the Wild Sunday afternoon. In the last 10 meetings between the teams, the Capitals own a 7-3 advantage and have won four straight meetings. That includes a 4-3 overtime road win in the most recent meeting January 31.
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Columbus dropped their third straight and their seventh in the last eight games as they were dumped on the road by Vegas Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jackets entered Monday 21-41-7 and in the basement of the Metropolitan Division, 49 points behind the division-leading Hurricanes. They are the lone team in the Eastern Conference, entering Monday, to be eliminated from playoff contention. Columbus is 31st in goals per game as they put up an average of 2.55 goals per contest. The Blue Jackets are 31st in the league in goals against as they allow an average of 3.84 goals a game this season. Columbus is 25th in the league in power play success as they cash in 18.6% of their chances with the man advantage this season. The Blue Jackets are 22nd in penalty killing as they successfully get through 76.2% of their shorthanded situations on the year.
Against Vegas, Colu mbus was blitzed in the middle stanza of the game and never recovered as they were beaten soundly in the contest. The Blue Jackets were outshot 13-9 in the opening period of play and went to the dressing room down 1-0 on the scoreboard after 20 minutes of action. In the second period. Columbus was outshot by a 16-15 margin but was outscored 4-1 to trail 5-1 after two periods of play. Kirill Marchenko tied the game for the Blue Jackets with his 18th goal of the year 37 seconds into the period off assists from Erik Gudbranson and Patrik Laine. The Blue Jackets surrendered four goals in a 6:22 span later in the period to blow the game wide open. Columbus held a 13-12 advantage in shots in the third period only to be outscored 2-1 to wind up with the blowout loss. After giving up a pair of goals to trail 7-1, Liam Foudy closed the scoring with his fifth goal of the year off assists from Marchenko and Laine at the 17:45 mark though the damage was already done. Daniil Tarasov s topped 24 of 29 shots before getting pulled late in the third period. Michael Hutchinson stopped 10 of 12 shots in relief as the Blue Jackets were outshot 41-37 in the loss. Tarasov is projected to get the start in goal with Elvis Merzlikins still away from the team with a personal matter.
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